Lowering the center of gravity should make them significantly more safe as well.

And that was after they started a world war, got their asses kicked, most of the leadership either fled the country or committed suicide, and their capital was split in half and occupied by opposing powers for a few decades.  Not the kind of redemption I’m eager to live through.

727? That’s a plebe’s plane. He’s got a 757!

You would think y'all've never seen a fundraising letter before.

“The Electoral College has to go.”

Because we’re spending the money on the F-35. 

Last time I checked there wasn’t actually a legal distinction between Part and Full time based on hours according to the DoL. But yes, this is the rulebook. If you’re part time, and more work is available, and you choose to do that work, that isn’t on your employer. Your analogy doesn’t really apply to a standard…

Were you born after the companies started? Did you never see the commercials about doing EXACTLY what I stayed in my post?

They are not full time jobs. They want to be available as a full time commitment, but not as an actual full time job. The incentive program is to convince you to drive that one extra ride a few times in a row to make sure they never have a long wait for a customer, it’s not for anything else.

There was a very insightful article in the NYTimes a month or two ago about the medallion mess. Even they found it wasn’t primarily due to Uber/Lyft, it was a scam much like the mortgage collapse where incumbent medallion owners worked with loan companies to pump up the prices. The introduction of Uber/Lyft into the…

There’s a reason it’s called “ride SHARING”. And yes, they were designed from the start to be a SHARING service, not a taxi service.

As a Los Angeles-based independent contractor in the entertainment industry, this bill threatens the livelihood of pretty much everyone I work with. It’s a fucking shame because as other people have said, Uber and Lyft were never meant to be full time jobs, and they’re essentially the sole reason this bill now exists.

“Uber and Lyft suck!”

Yep, my experience with drivers has been the same.

Having mentored multiple small business owner and new independent contractors, I cannot stress enough how little people understand about cost of doing business and how that relates to billing rate. The number one issue I see is people not charging enough because they
a)Base their rate off of their past salary,…

Thank you for educating and expanding on that portion.

they’d be assigned specific areas and time blocks, with no flexibility (hmm, like a cab company?).

California tends not to understand economics and that uber and its drivers are a supply and demand equilibrium

If you use the test the IRS has set up to determine if a person is an employee or independent contractor; they are in every sense of the definition “CONTRACTORS”.

I realize I may be in the minority here, but Uber/Lyft were founded by software bros looking for cheaper rides home from the bar. They were, and have not been profitable, and are going to stay afloat just long enough for the bigwigs to make their dough before they sell out and split, leaving the drivers to scrabble…